1940–1944, Footwear Under the Occupation
1940–1944, Footwear Under the Occupation
1940–1944, Footwear Under the Occupation
1940–1944, Footwear Under the Occupation
1940–1944, Footwear Under the Occupation
1940–1944, Footwear Under the Occupation
1940–1944, Footwear Under the Occupation
1940–1944, Footwear Under the Occupation
1940–1944, Footwear Under the Occupation
1940–1944, Footwear Under the Occupation

1940-1944: Footwear under the Occupation

L20170033
Out of stock
€16.11

Footwear and daily life under the Occupation

Between 1940 and 1944, the French population endured rationing and the requisitioning of numerous everyday goods, in particular materials used in the making and manufacture of clothing and footwear.

Click here to browse the book


 

Secure Payment

 

Delivery

  Call Us

(+33) 01.79.75.05.50

 

The necessity of clothing oneself led to the creation of items made from substitute materials. Footwear also underwent spectacular transformations, born of constraint and improvisation.

How did people find footwear under the German Occupation? The ingenuity and originality of this era of shortage are revealed through the exceptional collection of the Musée des Métiers de la Chaussure. Wooden soles, cork heels, ribbons, fabrics lined with rabbit skin… all became fashionable by necessity and reveal, on the feet of the French, the full resourcefulness and originality of this period of scarcity.

This book reveals models as intriguing as they are atypical, and in doing so uncovers a whole dimension of the daily life of French men and women under the Occupation.

Click here to browse the book

Author 1
Sandy Antelme
Author 2
Dominique Veillon
Publication date
April 25, 2016
Pages
160
Language
French
Publisher
Editions Libel

You might also like

Customers who bought this product also bought:

U.S. ARMY MEDICAL KITS 1941-1945 U.S. ARMY MEDICAL KITS 1941-1945 2
Out of stock
Bookshop

U.S. ARMY MEDICAL KITS 1941-1945

L20210187
€33.18
From the moment the United States entered the war in 1941, they deployed considerable energy and committed a colossal budget to equip the combat troops, in order to send them to the front in the best possible conditions. The medical service took advantage of this modernisation to develop new capabilities. This evolution sought to make medical support more...
View
French Nationalist Movements 1920–1945 French Nationalist Movements 1920–1945 2
In stock
Bookshop

French Nationalist Movements 1920–1945

L20240196
€46.45
From the Action française league to the LVF, by way of the PPF and the Milice française, this work offers a broad overview of French nationalist movements from 1920 to 1945. Its presentation in album-book format, showcasing a variety of items (photographs, insignia, membership cards) — many previously unpublished — will delight historians and collectors...
1940s Fashion — Dressing Well Despite Everything 1940s Fashion — Dressing Well Despite Everything 2
Out of stock
Bookshop

1940s Fashion — Dressing Well Despite Everything

L20240101
€24.55
Almost 10 years after the success of the book l'Elegance, written by Sylvie Caillard and published by Histoire & Collections in 2015, here is the second volume in this series. Illustrated with numerous photographs of period outfits (garments from the author's personal collection), excerpts from documents and magazines, this work presents 1940s fashion,...
View
Dieppe 1940-1944
  • -50%
Out of stock
Bookshop

DIEPPE 1940–1944 – Unpublished Images & Testimonies

L20170140
€11.38 €22.75
This is not yet another book about the history of Dieppe during the Second World War, or about the Dieppe Raid — it is above all a document, meaning something that shows, that delivers views and viewpoints most of which are previously unpublished.
View
AMBULANCES & MEDICAL VEHICLES OF THE U.S. ARMY AMBULANCES & MEDICAL VEHICLES OF THE U.S. ARMY 2
Out of stock
Bookshop

AMBULANCES & MEDICAL VEHICLES OF THE U.S. ARMY

L20190124
€23.70
Of all the belligerents of the Second World War, the United States of America established an unparalleled medical infrastructure. The efforts made to provide care for soldiers were without equivalent, and the means deployed surpassed anything that had previously existed.
View
CLANDESTINE RADIO OPERATORS
Out of stock
Bookshop

THE CLANDESTINE RADIO OPERATORS

L20190164
€23.65
It is important to pay tribute to those who gave their lives for Freedom in the battle of the Airwaves waged from 1940 to 1944: the clandestine radio operators. The target of a merciless campaign by the Germans, the "pianists", men and women alike, had a life expectancy of just six months...
View